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You can think of something that makes people stop and stare — a view, a goal, a display. The word is about the effect on the people watching: it is big or beautiful or good enough that eyes turn to it and stay there. Notice it shares its shape with spectacle: the picture underneath is always someone looking.
可以想成一個會讓人停下腳步、抬頭盯著看的東西——一片山景、一記進球、一場煙火。這個字說的重點不在東西本身有多大,而在…更多收起
可以想成一個會讓人停下腳步、抬頭盯著看的東西——一片山景、一記進球、一場煙火。這個字說的重點不在東西本身有多大,而在看的人身上:它大到、美到、或好到讓目光轉過去,而且捨不得移開。它和 spectacle(奇觀、大場面)長得同一個樣子,底下的畫面一直都是「有人在看」。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
spectacularadj/spɛkˈtæk.jʊ.lə/
- 1
Amazing or worthy of special notice.
- The parachutists were spectacular.
- A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous regions; perhaps, too, because of the general habit of referring to them as "cliff lifts," which tends to associate them with the vertical indoor type.
- 2
datedRelated to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment.
- the merely spectacular
- The like clamour, and outcry, the Rabble of the unbelieving Jews and Gentiles made againſt Polycarp Biſhop of Smyrna, at the time of his Martyrdom. crying out againſt him to the Governour, that he ſhould caſt him to the Lyons, and when he anſwered them he could not, becauſe the Spectacular ſports were concluded, then they cry’d out, Burn him, burn him, juſt as the Jews cryed out againſt Chriſt to Pilate, Crucify him, crucify him.
- 3
Relating to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.
spectacularnoun/spɛkˈtæk.jʊ.lə/
- 1
A spectacular display.
- Though business has more or less held up so far, a series of drug-related spectaculars sparked an exodus of the city's upper class this summer.
- 2
advertisingbusinessmarketingA pop-up (folded paper element) in material sent by postal mail.
- Here are a few examples of "spectaculars," or three-dimensional pieces, including those which have won awards […]
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。